Monday, May 26, 2014

What Happens In A Theater

By Minnie Whitley


Phoenix is a city which enjoys a vibrant mix of arts and culture. Artists from different genre and scenes have a lot of opportunity to share their talents and crafts. A large number of cultural facilities and public art displays can be found in the city. They also offer scholarship grants for talented young artists in the community. Theater Phoenix is one outlet for artists to develop their acting skills and creativity.

Tourists locally and foreign are drawn to events and performances in the world famous Phoenix Convention Center. This cultural facility, along with others like the Orpheum and Herberger Theater is under the management of the Convention Center Department of the city. It is amazing how this side of Phoenix was a great contributor to the growth in the economy of the city and the state it belongs.

Theater has always been considered a part of the life of every Phoenix resident. The big crazy world, they consider, as the stage. Performers from all over town, are the best in performing arts and regarded each presentation as important. The Herberger Theater is just one of the many performing arts center in the city, dedicated to providing smiles to the face of every neighbor.

Live performers present before a live audience in an auditorium or in a wide open space. A combination of gesture, song, speech, music and dance is used to better express the expression needed in a play. The stage or platform where they perform is ornamented with crafts and designs to best enhance the visual experience of the audience.

Ancient Greek dramas has greatly influenced the modern Western plays you are seeing nowadays. Even the origin of the word can be traced back to the Greeks. It came from the word theatron, meaning a place for viewing. And theaomai, which also means to observe, o watch or to see. The technical aspect of the modern play like the genre, theme, characters and the plot was mostly influenced from the Greek plays.

There are different types of theater performances which would vary depending on its execution, theme and components use. Drama, is the specific mode of fiction being depicted in a performance. Musical theatre combines music, spoken dialogue and dance. A comedy, on the other hand, uses humor as a means to tell a story. Tragedy refers to a specific blend of drama that has a unique and important role historically in the formation of Western civilization.

The Orpheum Theater is perhaps the most popular historic place in Phoenix. It was built in 1929, and the only remaining structure in Phoenix with a palatial inspired architecture. And it is the only one in the Phoenix region that is recognized National Register of Historic Places.

It underwent a massive renovation and was opened back to the public in 1997. It boasted of one thousand sixty two seats in the orchestra level, and three hundred two seats in the balcony. The modern theatre with classic style offers free tours led by a docent, from time to time.

Expressing yourself can be made in different forms. Show your artistic side in a creative manner. Being artistic is something innate and can also develop through time. What you show to other people, also mirrors your true self and how you really feel. The performing arts had long been part of your heritage, treasure it deeply.




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